#184: Winning with defense in the playoffs
Thinking Basketball
Thinking Basketball
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🗓️ 12 March 2023
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We discuss how the incredible offensive explosion changes defense in the playoffs, and what to expect from top defensive teams heading into the playoffs. From the Bucks twin towers, to the possible weaknesses of teams like Phoenix and Dallas, to the rangy forwards on the Cavs and Lakers, what teams are built to guard the new actions in the league this year? With @codyhoudek. Support at www.patreon.com/thinkingbasketball
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| 0:18.0 | thinking basketball podcast my name is Ben and Cody basketball is amazing right now. It is absolutely off the charts. |
| 0:21.6 | It's like two or three games every night are turning me into the |
| 0:25.3 | Vince McMahon meme, right? Like I was watching some Emmanuel quickly the other night |
| 0:31.7 | and like he made a defensive rotation and I was like yeah I was like oh yeah that's nice and then he came down on the other end and they like sprayed a pass to Quinton Grimes who attacked a close out and then swung it to quickly in the |
| 0:43.9 | corner who relocated from the top of the key to the corner to drain a movement three |
| 0:48.6 | as he fell out of bounds. This is a thing in basketball podcast. |
| 0:55.0 | I don't know if anyone actually has a bingo card for here. |
| 0:58.0 | You used to say it about Yolkeech and Curry. |
| 1:00.0 | At this point, Ben, we need to have one for quickly and Grimes with you because I think this is probably four or five |
| 1:04.5 | podcasts in a row where those two guys have been brought up which is fine but you're |
| 1:09.5 | starting off hot today like the first sentence out of your mouth is about quickly. |
| 1:12.6 | I was just saying like I think we did a lot of Jared Vanderbilt lately so I have to move |
| 1:17.1 | we have to move the audience around our favorite role player bit that we have going. But quickly, Grimes, |
| 1:25.6 | Jared Vanderbilt, they plug into something that's been going on, |
| 1:30.2 | it's been kind of bouncing around in my head, that wanted to get off my chest that I wanted to discuss with you and and |
| 1:37.7 | Have all the listeners who contribute to this show when we do these ideas where we kind of think out loud, move this conversation forward, because I don't know how I feel about it. |
| 1:46.5 | Of course, there's a lot of listeners that are going to yell at us after this conversation, but that's fine. |
| 1:51.5 | I'm watching the Warriors and the Bucks last night. Did you see any of this game? |
| 1:55.8 | Yeah, it was a great game. I'm glad I saved my text because there was about two minutes left and |
| 2:01.0 | I was just about to text you, |
| 2:02.8 | ha, looks like the warriors don't have that next gear |
| 2:05.8 | and then they had the next gear and the box ended up losing. |
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